41.   People as diverse as the televangelist Pat Robertson and Bono, the rock star, lobbied to advance the cause.

42.   Rand advanced the cause of modernism in graphics as an influential professor at Yale and as an author.

43.   Ruff probably advanced the cause of eventual acquittal more than he did quick dismissal.

44.   Ruffles potato chips and sandwiches in plastic clam shells did not exactly advance the cause of glamour.

45.   Sadly, this site does very little to advance the cause.

46.   Showboating, Bird said, did not advance the cause.

47.   Some aides, however, take a contrary position, arguing that resigning anytime soon would deprive Weld of a strong public platform from which to advance his cause.

48.   That movement is as much about politics as it is about business, and the company has not been shy about using its political connections to advance its cause.

49.   That will not advance the cause of economic and political reform, nor help the Kremlin improve relations with the West.

50.   The brouhaha may also advance the cause of the democratic advocates because it dramatizes the potential threat to press freedom.